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A. C. SEMPLE, OF NEW YORK, N. .Y.

FASTENING 0F CAST-IRON BEDSTEAIDS.

Specflcatioi of Letters Patent No. 19,451, dated February 23, 1858.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMZI C. SEMPLE, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in theManner of Constructing Cast- Iron Bedsteads and other Similar Furniture;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and o-peration of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of thisspecication, in which- 'Figure 1. represents a perspective view of abedstead, sofa, or lounge frame; Fig. 2. represents a view of the bottompart of said frame, to better show its fastenings. Fig. 3. represents avertical transverse section through the sides or rails of the bedstead.

vSimilar letters of reference where they occur in the several figuresdenote like parts of the bedstead, in all of them.

My invention relates to the particular manner of uniting the rails andsupports of bedsteads, sofas or lounges by forming the fastenings on thepieces composing the frame.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings.

A, B, may represent the head and foot rail, or board of an ordinarybedstead, and C, C, the sides or rails thereof.

D, D, D, D, are the legs or supports upon which the frame composed of A,B, C, C, rests-they mutually holding each other together, as will beseen by reference to Fig. 2, where c' shows the end and side rails asmeeting in a miter-joint. c, c, are projections cast on the end and siderails, close to the miter a, and e, e, are other projections cast uponthe inner sides of the legs or supports D, and which catch behind theprojections c, c on the rails the supports extending entirely around thecorner-thus a simple and effectual fastening is made by the rails andsupports themselves, without one additional piece or part to connectthem together. The taking down and setting up of a bedstead of thiskind, is readily done, without a screw driver, or any thing other thanwhat is cast onto the parts themselves. There is a ledge on the innerunder sides of the rails or sides, in which studs or pins are arrangedfor holding the slats which compose the sagging bottom of the bedstead.These slats are made of hoop or band iron, and so as to hold and containtheir own springs, without further additional appliances than the slatitself affords, so that there is nothing to lose, break, or haverepaired, or that requires any mechanical skill in setting up or takingdown. Its simplicity placing it within the control of any one. A stripof band or hoop iron has two loops formed on it-one at each end, and theends of the band riveted down. This forms the center portion b of theslat. Through these loops are passed other strips, which are bent aroundinto a loop and riveted, which form the end pieces CZ, of the slat;these end pieces catching over the pins or studs in the rails, holdthemselves thus in place. Vhen the loops on the center piece b, andthose on the end pieces CZ, are thus put together they form a boX closedat all of its sides, and within this box, I place the spiral spring f,(or a rubber spring if preferred), where it is securely held by theclosed sides of the boX, and thus requires no other fastening or supportof any kind. By simply unhooking the loops d, and turning them around inthe loops of the center piece b, the springs may be lifted out, or putin place at any time.

The rails of this kind of bedstead may be in light open work, andornamented or plain. The supports D, may be furnished with casters, uponwhich it may be easily moved, the whole forming a light, durable, cheap,and cleanly bedstead.

Having thus fully described the nature and object of my invention, whatI claim therein as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is-Fastening the corners of bedsteads, and other similar furniture, by themiter joint and the projections on the rails or sides, and theprojections on the legs or supports catching behind them by which theparts form their own fastening and mutually support each othersubstantially as set forth.

A. C. SEMPLE.

Witnesses:

A. B. SToUeH'roN, E. COHEN.

